Miscellaneous, 1687

[? 1687.]

Unfinished entry of a reference of a petition relating
to a discovery of irregularities in the accounts of
Sir Henry Crook, formerly Clerk of the Pipe. In
the first six years of Charles I's reign the several
sheriffs as in the schedule annexed [missing] made
their accounts in the Exchequer. The said Crook
was by gifts or other indirect means prevailed upon
to keep said accounts from being enrolled on the
Great Roll or Pipe and by that means no writs
could be issued upon the said accounts. This
misdeed lay undiscovered till 14 Car. II and being
then discovered by William Poe was prosecuted
in the name of Sir John Banks, then Attorney
General.